{"id":38475,"date":"2020-07-28T03:10:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T03:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/28\/gop-coronavirus-bill-includes-at-least-7-billion-for-weapons-programs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:03:46","slug":"gop-coronavirus-bill-includes-at-least-7-billion-for-weapons-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/07\/28\/gop-coronavirus-bill-includes-at-least-7-billion-for-weapons-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP coronavirus bill includes at least $7 billion for weapons programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Senate Republicans\u2019 proposed $1 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/coronavirus\/\" target=_blank>coronavirus<\/a> relief package includes at least $7 billion for weapons programs, part of $29 billion for defense overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 177-page draft appropriations legislation unveiled Monday would include funding for military helicopters, aircraft, ships and missile defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill also includes $11 billion to reimburse defense contractors for coronavirus-related expenses, as authorized by Section 3610 of the CARES Act. Defense firms and trade associations have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/07\/15\/defense-execs-press-lead-lawmakers-for-covid-reimbursements\/\" target=_blank>lobbied<\/a> for the funding, fearing the Pentagon would otherwise have to tap modernization and readiness accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislation\u2019s release marks the end of weeks of wrangling between the White House and congressional Republicans, who are still divided over its price tag. It also kicks off the start of formal negotiations with Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe American people need more help. They need it to be comprehensive. And they need it to be carefully tailored to this crossroads,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on the Senate floor Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inclusion of defense spending, which Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnmdonnelly\/status\/1287927361015619584\" target=_blank>reportedly touted<\/a> as essential for the economy and national defense, was just one aspect criticized by Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who said the overall package was inadequate to protect Americans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf all of this were not bad enough, the bill contains billions of dollars for programs unrelated to the coronavirus, including over $8 billion for what appears to be a wish-list from the Department of Defense for manufacturing of planes, ships, and other weapons systems,\u201d Leahy said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2020\/07\/27\/extend-contractor-reimbursement-period-trade-groups-urge-congress\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/us-capitol-dome.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Extend contractor reimbursement period, trade groups urge Congress<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Trade groups are urging lawmakers to extend the window for reimbursing government contractor costs for COVID-19 connected disruptions and cost increases, set to close Sept. 30.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pandemic has created weapons program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2020\/04\/21\/f-35-deliveries-could-slow-down-as-covid-19-jolts-lockheeds-supply-chain\/\">slowdowns<\/a>, temporary factory <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2020\/06\/22\/nearly-all-defense-companies-have-reopened-from-covid-19\/\">closures<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2020\/03\/27\/small-defense-businesses-seeing-cash-issues-during-coronavirus-outbreak-survey\/\">cash flow problems<\/a>, particularly for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/2020\/04\/24\/covid-cash-crunch-still-hurting-small-defense-firms\/\">smaller firms<\/a>. The Pentagon was been working in close communication to respond to the problems, largely by making billions of dollars in advance payments to contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress previously sent the Defense Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/05\/28\/the-pentagon-has-spent-only-23-of-its-covid-19-response-funds-congress-is-asking-why\/\" target=_blank>$10.5 billion<\/a> under the CARES Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense primes Boeing and Lockheed Martin appear to be the major beneficiaries of procurement dollars in the proposed bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill includes more than $1 billion for Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes for the Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force would receive $686 million for additional Lockheed F\u201335A jets, $720 million for Lockheed C\u2013130Js and $650 million for A\u201310 wing replacements\u2015which Boeing is contracted to perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shipbuilding funds include $1.45 billion for four expeditionary medical ships, $260 million for one expeditionary fast transport ship, with $250 million for for amphibious shipbuilding and $250 for the surface combatant supplier base program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army would receive $375 million more to upgrade the Double V-Hull Strykers and $283 million for new AH\u201364 Apache Block IIIB helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill would boost missile defense accounts, with more than $300 million for the the Lockheed Martin-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program and its Raytheon-made AN\/TPY-2 radar. 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